Automatic charging system

Abstract

To provide an automatic charging system that can insert a charging connector into a charging port based on latest position information on the charging port.SOLUTION: An automatic chairing system includes: a vehicle that is driven by electric power supplied from a power storage device; a battery charger including a charging cable having a charge connector; a position information acquisition device that acquires position information on a charging port of the vehicle located in a parking space; and a charging robot including a robot arm that grips the charging connector and automatically inserts and removes a charging connector to and from the charging port of the vehicle. The charging robot inserts the charging connector into the charging port based on the position information, and charges the power storage device by supplying electric power from the electric charger. The automatic charging system includes a detector that detects motion in which the charging port can be vertically displaced. When the detector detects the motion in which the charging port can be vertically displaced during a period since the position information acquisition device acquires the position information until the insertion of the charging connector into the charging port is completed, the acquirement of the position information by the position information acquisition device is performed again.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Claims

1. A vehicle powered by electricity supplied from a power storage device, A charger equipped with a charging cable having a charging connector, A location information acquisition device that acquires location information of the charging port of the vehicle located in a parking space, A charging robot equipped with a robotic arm that grasps the charging connector and automatically inserts and removes the charging connector from the charging port, It is composed of, An automatic charging system in which the charging robot inserts the charging connector into the charging port based on the position information and supplies power from the charger to the energy storage device to charge, The position information acquisition device is provided on the robot arm and is an imaging device that images the charging port. The device has a detection mechanism that detects movement that causes the charging port to be displaced in the vertical direction. An automatic charging system characterized in that, if the detection device detects an action that causes the charging port to be displaced vertically between the time the location information acquisition device acquires the location information and the time the charging connector is inserted into the charging port, the location information acquisition device will restart the acquisition of the location information.

2. The automatic charging system according to claim 1, characterized in that the operation that causes the charging port to be displaced in the vertical direction is the opening and closing operation of a door provided on the vehicle.

3. The automatic charging system according to claim 1, characterized in that the operation that causes the charging port to be displaced in the vertical direction is the opening and closing operation of the trunk provided in the vehicle.

4. The automatic charging system according to claim 1, characterized in that the operation that causes the charging port to be displaced in the vertical direction is a vehicle height adjustment operation by an electric air suspension provided on the vehicle.

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